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  • The Hammer of Witches

    A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum

    by Christopher S. Mackay ...
    The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • The Hammer of Witches: Malleus Maleficarum

    Enriched edition. The Most Influential Book of Witchcraft

    by Heinrich Kramer, Jenna Kirkland ...
    Translated by Montague Summers ...
    Heinrich Kramer's seminal work, "The Hammer of Witches: Malleus Maleficarum," is an authoritative treatise on witchcraft, reflecting the tumultuous socio-political climate of 15th-century Europe. Composed in a methodical and persuasive style, this book blends theological arguments with legal precedents and empirical observations to validate the persecution of witches. The text is meticulously ... Read more

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  • European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages

    by Ernst Robert Curtius ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin ... Read more

    $33.89 USD

  • The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

    by Publius Ovidius Naso, Translator: Henry Thomas Riley ...
    The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid is one of the great book for those who love ancient & classical poem. Ovidius had taken him a decade to compose his great poem, during which time he published little, but the Roman world was still abuzz with excitement over his richly erotic Art of Love. Full of veiled political and historical references, The Metamorphoses lived on to become a ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature

    Edited by Simon Gaunt, Sarah Kay ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Medieval French literature encompasses 450 years of literary output in Old and Middle French, mostly produced in Northern France and England. These texts, including courtly lyrics, prose and verse romances, dits amoureux and plays, proved hugely influential for other European literary traditions in the medieval period and beyond. This Companion offers a wide-ranging and stimulating guide to ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Dante in Context

    Edited by Zygmunt G. Barański, Lino Pertile ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    In the past seven centuries Dante has become world renowned, with his works translated into multiple languages and read by people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. This volume brings together interdisciplinary essays by leading, international scholars to provide a comprehensive account of the historical, cultural and intellectual context in which Dante lived and worked: from the economic, ... Read more

    $40.19 USD

  • The Epigrams of Martial

    by Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) (Author), Henry George Bohn (Translator), ...
    Humor and Satire from the ancient world! Check out the old epigrams from Martial as translated by Henry George Bohn for the Bohn Classical Library Series in 1897.  Fourteen books in all! With an extensive active and navigable table of contents. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts

    by Claire Loffman, Harriet Phillips ...
    Series series Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
    A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts provides a series of answers written by more than forty editors of diverse texts addressing the 'how-to's' of completing an excellent scholarly edition. The Handbook is primarily a practical guide rather than a theoretical forum; it airs common problems and offers a number of solutions to help a range of interested readers, from the lone editor of an ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed

    by B. Moloney ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Immortal Comedy

    The Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life

    by Agnes Heller ...
    Immortal Comedy is the first book to 'think' philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. Although author Agnes Heller had written a book that is both deeply scholarly and meditative on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life her writing is eminently approachable. In both its subject and style, Immortal Comedy is a seminal book. In it, Heller takes us on a journey ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Piers Plowman

    The Ethics and Epistemology of Love in Late Medieval Thought

    by David Strong ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines William Langland’s late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought. David Strong argues that where the philosophers John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham revolutionize the view of human potential through their theories of epistemology, ethics, and freedom of the will, Langland vivifies these ideas by contextualizing them in an ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Boccaccio the Philosopher

    An Epistemology of the Decameron

    by Filippo Andrei ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores the tangled relationship between literary production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron has a significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that the philosophical implications of its narratives can be understood through an epistemological approach ... Read more

    $80.09 USD